At 5:00 PM -0500 9/23/01, David H. Warren wrote:
>"Steven R. Lo Vullo" wrote:
>
>> This still does not deal with the obvious problem: "All people" cannot
>>refer to
>> every single person in the world, since it would be impossible to pray
>>for every
>> person without exception. And the fact that the author wants prayer to
>>be made for
>> specific people, rather than simply for a faceless lump of humanity, is
>>made clear
>> by his mention of specific kinds of people for which prayer should be
>>made. . . . So
>> again, it is more natural to think of PANTWN ANQRWPWN in terms of "all
>>kinds of
>> people," certain kinds of which the writer delineates.
>>
>
>Dear Steve,
>
>How would someone in Koine Greek express the idea of "every single person
>in the
>world" or "all" in the sense of every person without exception? Would you
>please cite
>an example of such usage?

One might use hAPAS, although PAS in the predicate position would seem to
do service the same way. Note L&N: